Music Career
| “ | umm no, I'm a natural. | ” |
| — Josh responding to being asked if he had a singing lesson before. | ||
Despite lacking any musical talent, Josh frequently shows up to recording studios (usually with a manager), and records sloppy autotuned covers or parodies that have the words changed so the song is about alcohol, or something alcohol related. The covers to the releases are usually selfies taken during the recording sessions, or him drinking at a bar. Although some of them seem to be more "professional."
Josh's earliest songs were original compositions, those being Normality and Coffee and Boba, which both consisted of Josh "rapping" over seemingly pre made beats, possibly default tunes from a Casio keyboard. Josh wouldn't record another song until 3 years later, when he took his first trip to Nashville, there he recorded 17:00 somewhere, a parody of It's Five O'Clock Somewhere by Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffet. During the Mr. Based Era, Josh recorded many song at the Quad Recording Studios, those sessions were livestreamed, featuring several crashouts and incidents, which led to both Josh and Mr. Based to be banned from the studio in January 2025. Josh has since recorded additional songs although he attempts to be careful to avoid showing the studios location to avoid a repeat of the incidents at the Quad studios.
Mr. Based and later Josh himself has described his genre of music as "problem rock." A pretty fitting description for Josh's music, although Josh's songs cross a wide range of genres from Country, Pop, Rap, Rock and even Sea Shanties; fitting for the captain. Josh's music can also be classed as Outsider music.
Josh's most well known songs include 17:00 Somewhere, Whiskey Neat and Liquor, Liquor.
| Title | Type | Parody/Cover of | Label | Release Date | Studio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normality | Original Song | N/A | Translation Enterprises d/b/a/ United Masters | December 1st, 2020 | Unknown (likely at home) |
| Coffee and Boba | December 31st, 2020 | ||||
| 17:00 Somewhere | Parody | It's Five O'Clock Somewhere by Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffet | White Wolf Company | May 26th, 2024 | Cowboy Arms Hotel and Recording Spa [1] |
| Forever Drunk | Forever Young by Alphaville | 7926622 Records DK
(no label - this is DistroKid's default label name for unsigned artists) |
September 19th, 2024, removed for copyright | Quad Recording Studios | |
| Drink on | Dream On by Aerosmith | October 3rd, 2024 | |||
| Whiskey neat (Radio Edit) | Cover | Too Sweet by Hozier | |||
| Grandma Got Run Over By A Raindeer (Radio Edit) | Grandma Got Run Over By A Raindeer by Patsy and Elmo | October 20th, 2024 | |||
| Happy New Year | Happy New Year by ABBA | ||||
| New York, New York | Theme from New York, New York, originally released by Liza Minnelli, most famously recorded by Frank Sinatra | ||||
| Drinking in a Winter Wonderland | Parody | Walking in a Winter Wonderland | October 21st, 2024 | ||
| All I Want For Christmas is Booze | All I Want for Christmas Is You by Mariah Carey | October 22nd, 2024 | |||
| Drunk Christmas | White Christmas by Bing Crosby | ||||
| Wellerman | Cover | Soon May the Wellerman Come | |||
| We Bring the Booze ft. Mr. Based | Parody | We Bring the Boom by A.J. & Big Justice | Unreleased (Teaser dropped November 5th, 2024) | ||
| Come Sail Away | Cover | Come Sail Away by Styx | November 23rd, 2024 | ||
| Fairytale of New York with the captain | Fairytale of New York by The Pogues ft. Kirsty MacColl | ||||
| Nikita | Nikita by Elton John | December 3rd, 2024 | |||
| Diaper Song | Diaper song by Shiloh Bear Music | January 3rd, 2025 | |||
| Drinkin' Problem | Drinkin' Problem by Midland | unknown | Unreleased (Teaser dropped March 6th, 2025)[2] | Unknown (Nashville) | |
| Drink Myself | Parody | Greedy by Tate McRae | 1.3.3 MGMT | March 14th, 2025 | Unknown (New York) |
| Liquor, Liquor | Sugar, Sugar by The Archies | ||||
| Sweet Smirnoff Ice | Sweet Caroline by Neil Diamond | Unreleased (Teaser dropped March 13th, 2025) | |||
| Drunken Sailor | Cover | Drunken Sailor | BGK MGMT | June 13th, 2025 | Unknown (Chicago) |
| California Drinking | Parody | California Dreamin' by The Mamas & the Papas | October 5th, 2025 | Unknown (Los Angeles) | |
| San Fransisco Drinking | Parody/Remix | Remix incorporating a parody of San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair) by Scott McKenzie and California Dreamin’ | November 26th, 2025 |